Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Tramontina US Cookware, Inc., 2005 Mirro Dr., MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN 54220
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a press when the rollers caught the fingers of her left hand. She suffered crushing injuries to the fingers and was hospitalized.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 332214)
An employee was trying to put a piece of solid metal tooling into a rack. As the employee was sliding the tooling onto a skid, it started to fall and pinched the employee's left middle finger against a forklift tine. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the fingertip, as well as fractures to two fingers.
An employee tripped on a cord and fell on the concrete floor, landing on the right knee. The employee was hospitalized with a right knee contusion and right tibia fracture.
The injured employee was assisting five other employees with bracing a wall panel that was being stood up. Another employee slipped on frost on the floor surface. The employees went to evacuate the area in anticipation of the wall panel falling over. The injured employee went to jump through a window opening within the wall panel and their lower half was crushed by the falling wall panel. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.
An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
A production sanitation employee was pre-rinsing an incline conveyor and noticed cheese stuck between the belt idler. The employee went to remove the cheese and their glove got caught and pulled their left forearm into the conveyor. The employee's arm was fractured. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
An employee was on a ladder, taking measurements for a new gutter installation. The ladder slipped out from under him and both he and the ladder fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with seven broken ribs and a broken clavicle.
An employee was unloading a truck for a delivery job. While moving boxes in the truck, the employee tripped over a pallet and fell out of the truck to the ground, resulting in four broken ribs.